There has been a lot of news lately regarding other films like “The Hunger Games” and “The Avengers”. Surprisingly, “The Dark Knight Rises” hasn’t been creating much buzz which is a bit unusual following “The Dark Knight’s” viral marketing campaign.
We did get ahold of this key art featuring a full body image of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman however, so hopefully this will tide you over until more news, photos and promos break before the July 20th release.
Production of the follow-up to the popular “X-Men: First Class” film has been delayed and set to begin in January 2013 due to the popularity of “The Hunger Games”.
As most of you know, “The Hunger Games” released to huge box office numbers and production of the sequel, “Catching Fire”, will be using the talent of Jennifer Lawrence who plays Katniss in the films and Mystique in “First Class”.
Fox has decided to move production of “X-Men” back in order to allow Lawrence time to shoot the follow up to “The Hunger Games” and I’m sure giving her another movie to build her popularity will only make her that much more desirable for “X-Men: First Class 2″
This week, this photo was released detailing The Hulk’s face from the upcoming “Avengers” film.
Mark Ruffalo has replaced Edward Norton as Bruce Banner in the film and Joss Whedon wanted to give The Hulk a new look which is detailed below.
Recent news has revealed that fans of James Cameron’s “Avatar” will have to wait 4 more years before being able to check out the sequel to the 2009 hit film.
Fans were told to expect “Avatar 2″ to hit theaters in 2014 and “Avatar 3″ in 2015. According to producer Jon Landau, that’s not the case and due to the use of new technology that will take the film to the next level, the time frame has be delayed to 2016.
Maybe they are just reviewing “Pocahontas 2″ for more story ideas.
We recently learned that Patty Jenkins, known for her film “Monster” and set to direct “Thor 2″, was released from the project last week after Marvel felt there were some creative differences that didn’t make Jenkins the best candidate for the job.
This week, Natalie Portman has voiced her displeasure with Marvel’s decision as Jenkins’ part in the film was a major reason she signed on. Portman, who wanted to take some time off after the birth of her child, is now contractually obligated to star in the film.
The Hollywood Reporter spoke with and insider who said:
Marvel became concerned that Jenkins was not moving decisively enough and feared the film might miss its November 2013 release date.
And
Jenkins lacked an overall clarity in her choices.
Marvel is working to hire a replacement that has a vision that aligns itself with the project.
Brand new teaser poster for the upcoming “Spider-Man” reboot, Sony unleashed this awesome poster earlier this week!
Check it out and let us know what you think…
“The Dark Knight” introduced one of the most engaging and memorable viral marketing campaigns that kept die-hard fans on the edge of their seats for months leading up to its release. With “The Dark Knight Rises” coming out next summer, fans were eagerly waiting to see how the marketing for this next installment would top off that of its predecessor, if at all. Recalling way back to 2007, “The Dark Knight” campaign had begun on Halloween, yet this time for “The Dark Knight Rises”, nothing happened. Sure, a twitter account called @thefirerises was released that led to official photos of Bane and Catwoman over the summer, but after the enormous success of the 2nd film, was a marketing campaign really worth the studio’s investment? Probably not – however, the film has likely been projected to reel in another $1 billion worldwide regardless, so why not spend a measly portion of that for the die-hard fans? And it looks like the studio has cooked something special up indeed! We will do our best to cover the events of this campaign so let’s get this ball rolling…and here…we…go!
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES VIRAL CAMPAIGN
12/7/11 – Wired and Empire Magazine unveil two “leaked” CIA documents both concerning a missing Russian nuclear scientist named Dr. Leonid Pavel – documents attached below. The first document is a profile of the scientist and the second, a transcribed conversation between “MILITIA” and an unknown party. It wasn’t entirely certain at the time whether this was relevant to TDKR, but the photograph of Dr. Pavel, played by actor Alon Aboutboul who is known to be in the film, practically confirms it. As much as fans have tried to draw away any hidden messages in the documents, nothing has come up.
12/8/11 – A third CIA document is tweeted by account @thefirerises, announcing an “Operation Early Bird” that will commence tomorrow (Friday) morning at 10 am PST. Document below. A countdown timer can be seen at http://www.operationearlybird.com. Be sure to check the site tomorrow and stay tuned!
12/9/11 – At 10 am, http://www.operationearlybird.com, is activated to show a world map where GPS coordinates can be entered. Heading over to http://www.thedarkknightrises.com, an audio track of a woman reading off coordinates is heard. The coordinates are entered into the Operation Early Bird site to reveal IMAX theater locations holding free advance screenings of the prologue the following Tuesday.
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